Biography
Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 19...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Odyssey
2026
An adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, follow Odysseus in his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, showcasing his encounters with...

Anemone
2025
Family bonds between fathers, sons, and brothers are explored as complex relationships unfold through personal journeys and generational conflicts.

2073
2024
as Ghost
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, t...

The Whale
2022
as Mary
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

She Said
2022
as Zelda Perkins
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo ...

Save the Cinema
2022
as Liz Evans
The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre ...

Two for Joy
2018
as Aisha
A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Mary Lou Barebone
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of ...

Cider with Rosie
2015
as Annie Lee
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.

The Harvest
2015
as Katherine
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s str...

Miss Julie
2014
as Kathleen
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduc...

Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Annie Parker
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Her
2013
Associate Producer
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theod...
Angels & Ghosts
2013
as Amber Crick (voice)
Based on a true story, Angels and Ghosts tells the emotive journey of Amber, a young girl who is on a quest to find her brothers who have disappeared....
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
as Self
An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Cosmopolis
2012
as Vija Kinsky
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

John Carter
2012
as Sola
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctant...
Miliband of Brothers
2010
as Self - Narrator
Charting the rise of the Milliband brother, from their left-wing upbringing to their University days, using dramatized scenes and interviews with peop...

The Messenger
2009
as Olivia Pitterson
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is pa...

The Unloved
2009
Writer, Director
Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow he...

The Daisy Chain
2008
as Martha Conroy
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to beco...

Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Hazel
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...

Mister Lonely
2008
as Marilyn Monroe
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives ...

Control
2007
as Debbie Curtis
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 198...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Mary, Queen of Scots
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard t...

Expired
2007
as Claire Barney
The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, ...
Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas
2007
as Ruby
A Nick Jr. animated preschool series based on the hugely popular storybooks by Rosemary Wells. Max & Ruby celebrates the warm & humorous relat...

Longford
2006
as Myra Hindley
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflic...

Lassie
2005
as Sarah Carraclough
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on ...

River Queen
2005
as Sarah O'Brien
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between B...

Enduring Love
2004
as Claire
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a...

The Libertine
2004
as Elizabeth Barry
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn p...
Max & Ruby's Christmas
2004
as Ruby (voice)

In America
2003
as Sarah
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Code 46
2003
as Maria Gonzales
In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passport...

Morvern Callar
2002
as Morvern Callar
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent...

Minority Report
2002
as Agatha
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the ...

Eden
2001
as Sam
In 1939, Kalman, an ambitious young businessman, leaves Europe to join his sister Samantha in Palestine. She lives with Dov, an idealistic architect o...

Pandaemonium
2001
as Sara Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate En...

Jesus' Son
2000
as Michelle
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

Sweet and Lowdown
1999
as Hattie
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Eva
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell ...
The Last Yellow
1999
as Jackie
Two losers try to lift themselves out of the mire by letting their fantasy world take over their lives.

Under the Skin
1997
as Iris Kelly
Although married and pregnant Rose has always been mother's favorite, it is younger sister Iris whose life is shaken up by mother's death. Suffocating...

This Is the Sea
1997
as Hazel Stokes
The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by...

Jane Eyre
1997
as Jane Eyre
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Emma
1996
as Harriet Smith
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend,...

The Future Lasts A Long Time
1996
as May
Dream-like short film starring Samantha Morton, in one of her earliest screen credits, as one of a couple on the run who hide out in the Fens.

Magik
N/A
as Lucia
Lewis Clark is a brilliant author who stumbles upon a world of Magic after the disappearance of his two young children. He begins a quest to try to st...

The Entertainment System Is Down
N/A
Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being b...